Push-wagon for street-cleaning or other purposes.



No. 734,543. v PATENTED JULY 28.1903.v

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APPLIOATION FILED JULY 26. 1902.

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PUSH WAGON POR'STREET'GLEANING 0R OTHER PURPOSES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 2e. 1'902.

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UNITED ASTATES Patented July 2e, reos.

PATENT v CFFYICE.

CHARLES E. I-IADLEY, OF CHICOPEE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR 'PO WILLIAMCHURCHILL OASTLER, OF NEW YORK, 'N.-Y. A

PUSH-WAGON FOR STREET-CLEANINGOR-OTHER PURPOSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Lettersl Patent No. 734,543, dated July278, 1903.

Application led July 26, 1902.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. HADLEY, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Chicopee, in the county of Hampden and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPush- Wagons fo-r Street-Cleaning or other Purposes, of which thefollowing is a specification The invention relatesy to improvements inpush-wagons for street-cleaning and other purposes; and it consists inthe novel features and combinations of parts hereinafter described, andparticularly pointed out in the claims.

The object of the invention is to produce an entirely convenient,durable, andcomparatively inexpensive hand-wagon for holding andconveying cans of refuse or other material.

My invention in its preferred form will be embodied in a wagoncomprising a suitable horizontal frame, two large side wheels, and

one small rear swivel-Wheel applied to said frame, a handle portion alsoapplied to said frame, rear contacts for the can when the latter is inposition upon the wagon, and a pair of arms adapted to engage andsupport the can above the ground and intermediate the largesupporting-wheels and within the outline dened by the wagon-frame, thesaid arms being either swiveled upon or rigid with the main wagon-frameand being adapted to engage projecting parts, such as trunnions orhandles, carried by the can. y

' Theinventiou will be fully understood from the detailed descriptionhereinafter present# ed, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure lis a side elevation, with one of the largewheels omitted, of a push-wagon constructed in accordance with andembodying the invention, said wagon being shown as supporting a refuseor ash can. Fig. 2 is a like view of same, showing the can-supportin garms inthe position they occupy when the can has been lowered to theground or is about to be elevated to Athe position in which it is shownin Fig. 1. Fig.' 3 isa rear View, partly broken away and' partly insection, of the Wagon with its parts in the position in which they arerepresented in Fig. 1, the sectional Serial No. 117,056. (No model.)

portion of Fig. 3 being on a vertical linev vthrough vthe vaxles for themain supportingwheels. Fig. 4 is a top View of a modied form-of wagonembodying my invention and `shown as supporting an ash-can. Fig. 5 is aside elevation, with one of the large side wheels omitted, of saine, theWagon being shownY in the position it will occupy when the can islowered to the ground or is about to be lifted from the ground andsupported by the wagon, the can-supporting arms in the wagon shown inFigs. 4 and 5 being rigid with the wagon-frame, while the can-supportingarms shown in Figs. 1,2, and 3 are pivotally mounted, so as to becapable of movement without tilting the wagon upwardly to the positionin which itis shown in Fig. 5. Fig. 6 is a detached view of a portion ofa can and one of the can-supporting arms and illustrates'a slightmodification of the invention, this modilication consisting in providingthe can-supporting `arms with means for engaging the usual handles onthe can instead of trunnions to be applied to the can; and Fig. 7 is anedge view of same, the handle of the can being in section on the dottedline 7 of Fig. G.

In the drawings, l0 designates the main A frame of the wagon; ll, thelarge side supporting-wheels therefor; 12, the small rear swivel-wheelsupporting the rear portion of .the mainframe l0; 13, the parallelhandlebars, secured at their lower ends to the frame 10, and 14 thehandle-bar, preferably of wood, held in the sleeves 15, applied upon theupper ends of the handle-bars 13.

The Vframe lO will preferably be of metal and when viewed from abovedefines a substantially semicircular outline, except at its extremities,where the two sides of the frame (numbered 16) are substantiallyparallel with each other, as shown in Fig. 4, and support the axles 17for t-he side wheels 11, as illustrated in Fig. 3. At its rear portionthe frame l0 is equipped with vertical sockets 18 toreceive the lowerends of the handle-bars13, said bars 13 curving upwardly and outwardlyfrom said sockets 18 and receiving the T- couplings to aord the sleeves1 5 for the reception of the handle 14. To the rear por-y tion of theframe 10 is secured a vertical frame Ico 19, having at its lower end avertical sleeve 2O for the swivel 21 of the rear wheel 12, while in theupper end of said frame 19 is mounted upon ahorizontal axis or pin 22the frame comprising the upper and lower arms 23 24, respectively, theformer at its upper end a'llording a horizontal stop 25, while the lowerarm 21 at its lower end is equipped with the horizontal curved bar 26,the said stop 25 and bar 26 being adapted to engage and form stops forthe can 27 when the latter is in position on the wagon, as shown in Fig.

1. The frame comprising the arms 23 24 isl in one integral piece bypreference, and the lower arm 24E being heavier than the arm 23 the saidframe will remain in asubstantially upright position at all times, asdenoted in Fig. 2, and by reason of the pivotal mounting of the saidframe the stops 25 26, carried thereby, may adapt themselves to thesides of the can and afford a proper backing for said can when thelatter is upon the wagon.

At the front ends of the side portions 13 of the frame 10 are thecan-supporting arms 30, which in their normal carrying position inelineupwardly. and rearwardly, as shown in Fig. 1, their upper ends thenbeing to the rear of the vertical line of the axles 17 for the wheels1l. The carrying-arms 30 may be either rigid with the wagon-frame 10 orpivotally mounted, as may be desired, although forV the reasonshereinafter explained l prefer to pivotally mount the arms 30, asillustrated in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. Referring to Figs. 1, 2, and 3, thearms 30 therein shown are bifurcated at their lower ends and straddlethe sides 16 of the frame 10, the lower ends of said arms 30 beingpivot-ally mounted upon the axles 17. The arms 30 are adapted to bemoved from their normal carrying position (illustratedin Fig. 1) to thereceiving or delivery position, in which they are shown in Fig. 2, inwhich latter position the arms 30 are arrested by their engagement withthe frontwardly-projecting ends 31 of the frame l0, said ends 31eonstitutingstops for supporting the arms 30 in their then outwardposition. When the arms 30 are in their upper carrying position, theywill be arrested by the contact of the sides of the can 27 with the arms25 2G, and the arms 30 may be rigidly maintained in their upper orcarrying position by means of pins 32, Fig. 3, passing through apertures33 in said arms 30 and an aperture 34, provided in a plate extension 35,extending upwardly from the wagon-frame 10, the said pins 32 serving asstops and locking means for maintaining the arms 30 in their uppercarrying position whether or not a can 27 is being supported by them.The upper ends of the carryingarms 30 are so constructed and equipped asto enable them to engage projecting parts carried by the can, such asthe trunnions 75, projecting laterally from the sides ofthe can. InFigs. 1, 2, and 3 I illustrate the arms 30 as being provided with thepivoted jaws 36, formed at the upper end of a weighted plate 37, thepurpose of weighting the plate 37 being to automatically maintain qtheYplate vertical, with the jaws 36 opening upwardly, as will beunderstood upon reference to Figs. 1 and 2. Whenl it is desired that thecan 27 shall be mounted upon and supported by the wagon, the arms 30will be turned frontwardly to the position in which they are shown inFig. 2 and the-jaws 36 will be inserted below and to engage thetrunnions 75, and thereupon the attendant will take hold of the handles38 on the can and lift the same in an upward and rearward directionuntil the arms 3() pass rearwardly over the vertical plane of the axles17, when the can may be allowed to continue its rearward movementunassisted until it strikes the stoparms 25 and 26 and the arms 30attain the position in which they are shown in Fig. 1. When it isdesired to remove the can from the wagon, the attendant will take holdof the handles 3S and lilt the can in a frontwardly direction until thearms 30 pass frontwardly beyond the vertical line of the axles 17, whenthe can may be allowed to descend of its own weight to the ground, thearms 30 then returning to their receiving and delivery position. (Shownin Fig. 2.) The purpose of pivotally mounting the arms 30 is to enablethe placing of the can on the wagon and the removal of the can from thewagon without to any special extent tilting the wagon-frame for causingthe trunnions of the can to be engaged by the wagon or enabling thewagon to restore the can to the ground. This feature of the inventionmay be more fully appreciated upon reference to Fig. 5, in which thearmsl 30 are illustrated as being rigid with the wagon-frame 10, and thewagonframe is shown as being tilted upwardly for enabling the arms 30 toengage the trunnions ofthe can. The pivoting ofthe arms 30 avoids thenecessity of tilting the wagon-frame upwardly to the position shown inFig. 5, but with the construction presented the said arms 30 may beemployed as pivoted arms or as rigid arms, as may be desired, becausewhen the pins 32 are within the apertures 33 34 they hold the arms 30 inrigid position, and hence by leaving the pins 32 in position the arms 30will become rigid with the wagon-frame and then the wagon-frame will betilted to the position in which it is shown in Fig. 5 both whenreceiving and lifting the can and when restoring the same to the ground.The form and equipment of the upper ends of the arms 30 lwill dependsomewhat upon the character of projections the can may carry to beengaged by the said arms. The can shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 is formedwith square trunnions or projections 75, and hence the jaws to engagesaid trunnions are pivotally mounted by means-of the weighted plates 37,the plates being capable of turning on their pins, since the trunnions75 are incapable of turning within the jaws 36. 1n Figs. 4 and 5 thetrunnions 75 are rounded, and hence may turn within the jaws formed bybifurcating the upper ends of the arms 30, for which rea- ICO IIO

son in the construction shown in Figs. 4 and 5 the weighted plates 37are unnecessary, and the bearing formed by the bifurcated jaws at theupper ends of the arms 30 are entirely adequate to permit of the turningaction of the said bearings around said trunnions during the elevationand lowering of the can and during any movement the can might have owingto the wagon traveling over irregular surfaces, such as cobblestones ofa street.

The wagon-frame shown in Figs. 4 and is identical with the wagon-frameshown in Figs.

V1, 2, and 3, with the exception that in Figs.

4 and 5 the upper ends of the arms 30 have the bearings for thetrunnions formed directly upon them instead of upon the weighted plates37. (Shown in Figs.- 1, 2, and 3.) In Fig. 5 I illustrate the pin 32 asrigidly locking the arms 30 in position, so as to illustrate theposition which must under that condition be given to the wagon-frameduring'the operation of receivingor delivering the can. Upon removingthe pin 32 from the wagonframe shown in Fig. 5 the said wagon willbecome the wagon shown in Figs. 1 and 2, with the exception that theupper end of the arms 30 of the wagon shown inV Fig. 5 is adapted toengage a circular trunnion, whereas the bearings provided for the arms30 of Fig. 1 are adapted to engage a square trun'nion.

In Figs. 6 and 7 I show a slight modification of the weighted plate 37,this modification consisting merely in extending the jaws at the upperend of said plate in a longitudinal direction to engage the handles 38of the can instead of in a transverse direction to engage trunnions orsimilar projections on the can. In instances in which it might beobjectionable to equip the can with trunnions tobe engaged by the arms30 or parts carried thereby the handles 38 may be utilized as theprojections to be engaged by the arms 30.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. The wagon comprising the main horizontal frame 10 adapted to receivebetween its sides a ref use-can, the axles 17 carried by said sides, thewheels 11 mounted on said axles, the rear support extending downwardlyfrom said frame, and the rigid handle-bar frame secured to the rearportion of said frame 10 and thence extending upwardly and rearwardlytherefrom, combined'with the can-supporting arms pivotally secured tothe front ends of the sides of said frame 10 and thence normallyextending upwardly and rearwardly to a point establishing their uppercan-supporting ends in rear of the vertical plane of said axles 17 meansfor maintaining said arms in their normal carrying position, and meansfor arresting said arms in their forward receiving and deliveryposition; substantially as set forth.

2. The wagon comprising the main horizontal frame 10 adapted to receivebetween its sides a refuse-can, the axles 17 carried by said sides, thewheels llmounted on said axles, the rear support extending downwardlyfrom said frame, and the rigid handle-bar frame secured to the rearportion of said frame 10 and thence extending upwardly and rearwardlytherefrom, combined with the can-supporting arms 30 pivoted to the frontends of the sides of said frame 10 and thence normally extendin gupwardly and rearwardly to a point establishing their upper cansupporting ends in rear of the vertical plane of said axles 17, thepivoted frame comprising upper and lower arms 23, 24 affording stops forthe rear side of the can to be carried by said arms 30, and means forarresting said arms 30 in their forward receiving and delivery position5 substantially as set forth.

3. The wagon comprising the main frame, side wheels, rear support, andhandle, combined with the normally upwardly and rearwardly inclinedcan-supporting arms at their lower bifurcated ends straddling the sidesof said main frame and mounted on the axles for said wheels;substantially as set forth.

4. The wagon comprising the main frame, side wheels, rear support, andhandle, combined with the normally upwardly and rearwardly inclinedcan-supporting arms at their lower bifurcated ends straddling the sidesof said main frame and mounted on the axles for said wheels, and meansfor locking said arms -to said sides; substantially as set forth.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,this 24th day of July, A. D. 1902.

CHARLES E. HADLEY.

Witnesses:

CHAS. C. GILL, ARTHUR MARION.

